Life
Bees’ royal jelly secret revealed
There's more than one way to turn a commoner into royalty, as honeybees' royal jelly shows
News
Environment
Zoologger: Sea anemones spawn mixed-up kids
News
Health
Genes from algae allow blind mice to see
News
Health
Polar animals’ antifreeze has a spiky secret
News
Life
Hear my chewin’: how jawbones evolved into ear bones
News
Field Notes: Weaver birds may hold secret of ageing
News
Earth
Shipping noise pulps organs of squid and octopuses
News
Earth
Pragmatic mares abort to avoid stallion sabotage
News
Earth
Use funds to conserve fittest corals, say ecologists
News
Environment
Why evolution is going nowhere fast
Slow and steady wins the evolutionary race? Not a bit of it: it's a sprint – one in which the runners might change direction at any minute, says Michael Le Page
Features
Life
Beach beetle reinvents the wheel
News
Life
The mathematics of being nice
Opinion
Humans
Key to humanity is in missing DNA
News
Earth
Rare species may be there, even if you don’t see them
News